Originally Posted by
giblet
I'm not sure what you mean when you say "you get what you pay for." It seems like many of the more expensive premium airlines are going 10 across, but some of the less expensive ones are not. So how are you getting what you pay for with EVA? The food? The limited selection of English-language movies?
On this route there are several airlines with 9-across seating and less expensive tickets, so I'm not sure if ticket price really correlates here. Or maybe it was just a swipe at people who stoop to flying in economy.
On SFO-TPE, there are CI, BR, UA nonstop and for those connecting: CZ, MU, NH, JL, CX, and KE.(All these serve SFO with 777)
10-abreast: CI, BR, UA, NH, MU
9-abreast: CX(soon to be 10), JL(requires overnight in TOY so not ideal), KE, CZ
Looking at random days in March, all airlines(9 or 10) are around $800(Only CI is running a special at 650) so looks like they are really gouging at the Y pax.
However, I think the previous poster may have been referring to "you get what you pay for" as in you pay for Y cabin, you get Y cabin service. You pay for PE, you get a PE level and so on.